Prior to the UN review meeting on NCDs on July 10 and 11, FIRS and the NCD Alliance organized a panel discussion on July 9 which discussed the topic "Shared Drivers, Shared Solutions: NCDs, Lung Health and Sustainable Development."
Prior to the UN review meeting on NCDs on July 10 and 11, FIRS and the NCD Alliance organized a panel discussion on July 9 which discussed the topic "Shared Drivers, Shared Solutions: NCDs, Lung Health and Sustainable Development."
Every year, on 31 May, many organizations, countries and advocates mark World No Tobacco Day, highlighting the enormous burden caused by the use of tobacco. Tobacco kills nearly six million people each year and it is estimated that more than 600,000 non-smokers are dying from breathing second-hand smoke. For World No Tobacco Day 2014, there is a call on countries to raise taxes on tobacco.
World TB Day, falling on March 24th each year, is designed to build public awareness that tuberculosis today remains an epidemic in much of the world, causing the deaths of nearly one-and-a-half million people each year, mostly in developing countries.
World Asthma Day is an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to improve asthma awareness and care around the world. World Asthma Day 2013 took place on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 around the theme "You Can Control Your Asthma." This year GINA also introduced a sub-theme, "It's Time to Control Asthma," encouraging activity organizers around the world to complete the sentence, "It's Time to..." as relevant to their event and target audience.
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